Thursday, 12 February 2015

'...the tyres rushing by in the rain'

oil on canvas, 20 x 20cms, 2015

I made these three small paintings over a couple
of evenings. I picked up the first small, square canvas after completing the
paintings in the last post; keen to keep on working while I had paints out and
my head in the right place.Before I
knew it I had completed the three canvasses.

oil on canvas, 20 x 20cms, 2015They seem to work well as a group, but I’m
particularly pleased with the final one where everything seemed to fall into
place quite quickly after an unpromising start. There is something that has
happened with that one that moves me, and definitely does not quite feel of my
own making.

oil on canvas, 20 x 20cms, 2015

I heard today that I will now be having a
solo show with Cupola Gallery in Sheffield between October-November later in
the year. It will be at a large café venue in the centre of Sheffield that they
develop and manage the exhibition program for. It will be a great opportunity,
and they don’t mind what I show. It’s entirely up to me. I’m already thinking
some of these lorry paintings should feature.